Senior National Account Manager - Health and Well-Being

About The Business:

This highly profitable British SME owns fantastic well recognised brands in the health and well-being category turning over £75million. The plan for these guys is to expand across both its sales & marketing functions targeting 75% UK and 100% revenue growth globally in the next 3-4 years.

Obviously, this is where the need for you and more manpower comes in.

They have a superb senior team that have come from some of the best businesses in the industry to impart knowledge & action positive changes to the business in line with their 4 year growth strategy.

With UK based manufacturing, their ability to drive growth through innovation and rapid turnaround times on products, means they are perfectly set up to better service the grocery and convenience multiples. The category they play in is in YOY growth of 10% and now is the time to make the most of it and add a senior head to their talented teams.

These guys are fast, hugely talented and have a real grown up culture. They empower people to make informed decisions and focus on long term strategy in order to continue their number one in category influence on their customers.

About The Opportunity:

Senior National Account Manager – Health and Well-Being

Outer London

• £60,000 - £65,000 Basic Salary
• Bonus
• Car Allowance
• Excellent Pension
• Private Healthcare

This Senior National Account Manager on grocery will be their most strategic role across UK grocery, playing a little in convenience developing some of their large convenience multiples in Coop.

This is a business that has the capital and profitability to really invest in category and shopper insight allowing them to take the focus back to the consumer using the added detail. In turn they will be more effective than their rivals acting like a category captain to the UK retail customers.

You therefore will be one of the most visible in the business working alongside the General Manager to develop the channel driving revenue and profitability through your customers.

This is a business that really value input and you will be expected/entrusted to put your hand up and bring your ideas to the forefront to maximise the potential of the account base and business revenue performance.

P&L and investment sits entirely in your court - This is a visible business with the board sitting with you daily. It’s important you have the commercial wherewithal to challenge positively and add significantly to the 4-year plan.

This is a family owned business, so despite having some leading industry figures spearheading the new growth strategy they are very keen on retaining the positive and family feel ethos.

About You:

We’re looking for a talented NAM/SNAM looking for the opportunity to progress quickly and really take control of their career in a supportive and developmental business. Real opportunity to be Channel Head/Controller in 8-12 months across top 4 grocery.

Essential Experience

• Grocery National Account Management is vital.
• P&L exposure.
• JBP & promotional calendar full exposure.
• Experience of close collaboration with Category Management and Shopper Marketing Teams.
• Previous experience of building and maintaining strong internal relationships at senior level.
• Brand building and revenue growth examples.
• Strong sales track record.
• Not be afraid to push back internally and externally & bring your ideas to the table.
• A real hunter attitude to develop existing and forge new customer relationships.

Nice to have’s:

• Convenience & Discounter experience.
• Pharmacy and Personal Care experience.

About Us:

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